Homewood ranks top in state for public schools

Homewood ranked first in the state on a Niche.com list of Suburbs with the Best Public Schools in Alabama for 2015.

Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills and Madison followed in second, third and fourth places on the list.

The list was created base on records for 11,372 suburbs. It took into account the grades of all public schools in the suburb’s district and weighted each school’s score by the number of students its serves. School rankings are based on dozens of statistical factors that take into account the balance between statistical rigor and practical relevance, parent- and student-submitted survey responses, and factual information.

To see the full list of rankings, visit niche.com.